By J P Cortez October 30, 2016 marks an important holiday in the Indian culture. Diwali begins. Diwali is one of the biggest festivals for Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains. It is a lavish celebration of the victory of light over darkness. Diwali celebrations entail gleaming candles, luxurious works […]
Towards a Dark Anarchism of the Empyrean Jules Verne, the famous science fiction and fantasy writer, has been described as a ‘conservative anarchist’ in respect to his political leanings. His fictional character of Captain Nemo is seen at the end of the novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the […]
Reason The 2016 presidential race features two of the most disliked candidates in electoral history, which has given a boost not only to the Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson, but to Jill Stein, a 66-year-old Harvard-trained physician from Massachusetts who’s running on the Green Party ticket. “We have every […]
The Etemaad The US presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is getting tighter, although Clinton still holds an edge over Trump, an American analyst says.“Barring anything dramatic happening over the next five days or so, it would appear that Hillary Clinton would be the winner,” said […]
This is an interview I gave to a radio program earlier today. A number of topics were discussed including Donald Trump, anarchism, the alt-right, the claims of race-realism and IQ determinism, and a range of other controversial ideas. Listen here.
By Marion Rogers The Washington Times Oh, how H.L. Mencken would have loved this. The renowned Baltimore journalist who said that national political conventions and politicians were for “connoisseurs of the obscene” would have never guessed how obscene it could be. Not that he would have endorsed obscenity […]
Reuters Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a point during a speech to supporters at the Human Rights Campaign Breakfast in Washington, October 3, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday said removing President Bashar al-Assad is the top priority in Syria. Clinton, speaking […]
A must listen interview with Scott Horton by Tom Woods that provides a comprehensive overview of the situation in Syria, US-Russia relations, and where the presidential candidates really stand on these questions. Listen here. The situation in Syria is dangerous and volatile, with the potential for an American […]
An interesting and wide ranging discussion with a leading figure in the Alt-Right.
An interesting discussion between an alt-rightist and a more conventional conservative.
Time.Com Olivier Hoslet—EPA North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference ahead of the Defense Ministers Council at Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 25 Oct.2016. It will be the biggest build up of NATO forces since the end of the Cold War NATO […]
We need a Pirate Party in the US. By Griff Witte Washington Post REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — The party that could be on the cusp of winning Iceland’s national elections on Saturday didn’t exist four years ago. Its members are a collection of anarchists, hackers, libertarians and Web geeks. […]
A must read for anyone that wants to understand present days economics and politics. The article, appearing in a leading liberal journal, acknowledges what I have been saying for years, i.e. that what passes for the “Left” in today’s world is simply the left-wing of capitalism allied with […]
The left-wing of capitalism, the newly rich, the rising upper middle class, the managerial elite, and the new class are eclipsing the traditional WASP elites and the Sunbelt insurgency of postwar era as the dominant factions of the US state, ruling class, and power elite. By Robert Frank […]
Watch here. The television audience for the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fell sharply from their first record-breaking debate. It is estimated that some 66.5 million Americans tuned in to the 90-minute debate on October 9 across a number of networks, well below the record […]
By Alex Emmons The Intercept The ACLU has identified 23 legal opinions that contain new or significant interpretations of surveillance law — affecting the government’s use of malware, its attempts to compel technology companies to circumvent encryption, and the CIA’s bulk collection of financial records under the Patriot […]
An interesting comment from William Gillis, the director of Center for a Stateless Society. “There’s a number of folk celebrating the collapse of the legitimacy of US civic institutions, but regrettably it’s not so simple as de-legitimize the state and presto anarchism. Liberal democracy is an incoherent, ultimately […]
After Wednesday’s debate, Democracy Now! spoke to Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presidential nominee. She and Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson were excluded from the debate under stringent rules set by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is controlled by the Democratic and Republican parties.
Jill Stein is the only candidate in this election that comes close to being an actual radical, or even an actual liberal. The Trump movement is a parallel to France’s National Front. The normal Republicans are even further to the right (more like El Salvador’s ARENA or Israel’s […]
Regardless of who the next President is, I suspect we are going to miss Obama eventually. Whatever his limitations, his performance on foreign policy has probably been as good as any US President’s is going to be. By Greg Jaffe Washington Post There is one corner of Washington […]
So says former Black Panther leader Elaine Brown. Here’s the money quote: “When it first formed, armed BPP members patrolled Oakland neighbourhoods – in their iconic blue-shirt, leather jacket, black beret combo – to keep an eye on the police. They were caricatured as violent militants, but they […]
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This is an interesting question to reflection on: What does it mean for the future of anarchist movements given that the center of world power is slowly shifting from the US-NATO-Israeli-Saudi-Sunni axis to the BRICS-Shia-Mercosur axis? By Jeff Thomas Ron Paul Liberty Report Throughout history, political, financial, and […]
By Joe Gill Middle East Eye Owen Jones’ call for the left to oppose Putin did not address the most serious charge that the Russian president is escalating the war in Syria Owen Jones recently implored the British left to take their fight to Russia’s Vladimir Putin. As […]
By Joey Ayoub Middle East Eye The inability of many leftists to see past outdated narratives on Syria has galvanised the rise of reactionary nativism in the West Over the last week, some members of the Twitter bubble argued over the left’s response to the ongoing Syrian crisis. […]
By Kevin Carson Center for a Stateless Society Have you ever considered the level of irony involved in the fact that so many of the same people who claim to distrust big government (“I love my country but fear my government”) also adamantly support the police against Black […]
A must listen.
A must listen.
Hence, the entire spectrum of ruling class/power elite opinion is behind her. By Jeffrey Sachs Huffington Post JEWEL SAMAD via Getty Images There’s no doubt that Hillary is the candidate of Wall Street. Even more dangerous, though, is that she is the candidate of the military-industrial complex. The […]
Press TV. Listen here. As Donald Trump’s bragging about sexual assault attempts were released, many saw the scandal as a nail in the coffin of his campaign for the US 2016 presidential election. According to a Real Clear Politics average of recent polls, Trump is trailing Democratic nominee […]
By Katrina Gulliver The American Conservative Then as now, revolutionary violence sparks calls for immigration restrictions. Everett Historical / Shutterstock Today, revolutionary anarchists seem archaic, almost quaint. But for around 50 years, from the 1880s to the 1930s, anarchists carried out terror attacks all over the world. Buildings […]
By Wayne Price Anarkismo What is Fascism? Donald Trump and those who follow him have shown certain specific traits of a fascist movement. Does that make Trump or the Trumpets into fascists? What is fascism? How is it counterposed to bourgeois democracy? Is there likely to be a […]
Press TV. Listen here. Democratic and Republican nominees at the US 2016 presidential election are both “right” when they accuse one another of “corruption,” an analyst says. Keith Preston, the chief editor and director at AttacktheSystem.com, made the comments in an interview with Press TV, when asked about […]
In keeping with the Spanish anarchist tradition. By Martin Caparros New York Times Photo Credit Valero Doval MADRID — On Jan. 2, 1492, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon — known as the Catholic Monarchs — occupied Granada, completing their conquest of Moorish Spain. Ever since, Spain […]
A slightly modified version of this article originally appeared in The Great Purge: The Deformation of the Conservative Movement, edited by Paul Gottfried and Richard Spencer, and issued by Washington Summit Publishers in 2015. by Keith Preston Alternative Right Among the few successes the “conservative movement” can reasonably claim […]
Press TV. Listen here. GOP nominee Donald Trump’s legal evasion of income taxes for nearly two decades means his business was “operating at a loss” at the time, which would not make him a “genius” as his ally, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, would like voters […]
By Sean Gabb Libertarian Alliance Though she was the only candidate not manifestly unfit to keep watch on a public toilet, I groaned when Theresa May became Prime Minister. She had been a dreadful Home Secretary. In the Referendum, she had formally supported the Remain side. There was […]
By Tormud A recent post by Sean Gabb about the crossroads at which the UK now finds herself and his assessment of what will likely happen next got me thinking about the decision now confronting my own country and the likely results of that decision, whichever the choice we […]
Can there be any doubt that totalitarian humanism is the dominant ruling class ideology? By Rod Dreher The American Conservative A reader passes along a government document putting out bids for a contract. Here’s the top of the document: Apparently the (former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia, a small […]
By Sean Gabb Libertarian Alliance (Written early in the 21st century for a Roger Scruton publication) The libertarian position on drugs is simply stated. People should have the right to do with themselves as they please. This necessarily includes the right to take any drugs they please – […]
Todd Lewis and Andy Nowicki discuss the important issue of excessive statism on the alt-right.
By J. P. Cortez Assuming you had the money, would you loan $10,000 to be paid back over 30 years plus 3% interest? What if inflation skyrocketed? That would benefit the borrower and deeply harm you as the lender. Even if you were repaid, the declining value of […]
A must read explanation of the contemporary world economic order. This article fits well with my presentation at the National Policy Institute last year. The only real criticism I would have of that article is the author could gain a bit by studying the work of contemporary anarchist, […]
By Robert Lindsay Men’s Liberation was sort of the left wing of the MRA movement. Warren Farrell was pretty much a Men’s Lib type. Men’s Libbers and feminists started fighting pretty quickly because the feminists were so insane. Also because a lot of Men’s Libbers realized that feminism […]
By Robert Lindsay By Ryan England, one of the main Alt Left theorists. From one of the main Alt Left groups on Facebook: I’ve come up with colloquial expressions of subtypes I’ve noticed in my short time with this movement. Note that these are not hard fast rules […]
Ronald Olden Libertarian Alliance The difficulty with America is that it tries to do too much. It’s one thing to become involved in a full scale war like the Second World War when the protagonists are Nation States and a decisive military outcome can be achieved. But it’s […]
Kevin Glick Libertarian Alliance “The world has been made worse by having the Americans try to rule it, and it will be made even worse once they give up and walk away.” (Sean Gabb) That’s an interesting perspective, and one with which it’s difficult to argue. While it […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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